In this review of violence in Latin America, I have attempted to organize the region's
scholarly literature around the most influential and leading research issues. Three main …

Populism is best understood as a Manichaean worldview linked to a characteristic language
or discourse. Chavismo, the movement that sustains Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, is a …

The role of the military remains a puzzle and a problem for Latin America's democracies.
Although public and scholarly attention may have wandered, the truth is that no country in …

We all have images of soldiering seared into our memories. Perhaps we visualize troops
firing at each other from World War I (WWI) trenches, allied forces storming the beaches of …

El incremento de la inseguridad y el crimen en América Latina han otorgado un rol central a
la policía. Los logros son limitados y la percepción es crítica a la efectividad. Corrupción …

Latin American militaries are today in many regards inoperative and obsolete as an
instrument of defence. Yet, they seek to maintain their organisational power and privileges …

This article develops the concept of military neoliberalism that allows us to trace the
historical development of Pakistani military capital with the expansion of market-led reforms …

Durante las últimas dos décadas Colombia ha visto una gran transformación de la fuerza
pública, que según la Constitución de 1991 está compuesta por el Ejército, la Armada, la …

Social protests are a feature of democracy in Latin America. When the police cannot handle
them, governments, facing threats to their tenure, are tempted to order the armed forces to …

El objetivo del artículo es construir una tipología explicativa de los modelos de relaciones
político-militares en los gobiernos de la nueva izquierda sudamericana. En particular se …